CEO of Ukrainian network operator Kyivstar: We hope to restore basic services by the end of the week, it may take several weeks to restore all other services.

Market News: In recent months, the U.S. Comptroller’s Office of the Currency has conducted its first assessment of climate change-related risks at a number of banks.

Russian President Vladimir Putin: The situation in the Russian financial market is stable.

Russian President Vladimir Putin: The idea that Argentina’s president-elect will switch to the U.S. dollar is fraught with the risk of losing sovereignty.

Bank of America: It expects the crack spread of low-sulfur diesel to Brent crude oil to average $26 per barrel in 2024 and $36 per barrel this year.

Spokesperson for the Iraqi Prime Minister: Iraqi security forces have arrested some people involved in the attack and are hunting others.

Spokesperson of the Iraqi Prime Minister: Some of the culprits behind the attack on the US Embassy in Baghdad on December 7 were related to the Iraqi security services.

Swiss National Bank President Jordan: The actual appreciation of the Swiss franc is not large.

Swiss National Bank President Jordan: We will carefully study the March inflation forecast.

Russian President Vladimir Putin: There are 617,000 soldiers in the Ukrainian war zone.

Deputy Governor of the Czech Central Bank: As inflationary pressures decline, it may even be advisable to start easing policy.

German Chancellor Scholz: (Commenting on Hungarian Prime Minister Orban’s boycott of Ukraine’s EU accession negotiations) It is important that everyone communicates with each other and the goal is to reach an agreement.

German Chancellor Scholz: (Speech on the EU budget) Although it is impossible to provide large-scale additional spending in the EU, it needs to show support for Ukraine.

German Chancellor Scholz: It is necessary to show our support for Ukraine because this is in line with the goals we have set.

White House: The United States announced that dozens of pharmaceutical companies have raised prices faster than inflation, triggering health insurance refunds.

German Chancellor Scholz: It is very important to advance the process of joining the EU now.

British Foreign Secretary Cameron: (Speaking on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict) We will ban those responsible for settler violence from entering the UK.

Israel’s Ministry of Energy: Tamar gas field partners will be allowed to export up to 500 million cubic meters of natural gas to Egypt.

According to Iraqi state media: The Central Bank of Iraq said that the United States has agreed to fulfill Iraq’s requirements for the transportation of cash dollars in 2024.